Jeremiah Morrow's Barn

Jeremiah Morrow's Barn (HM29SR)

Location: Maineville, OH 45039 Warren County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 18.434', W 84° 15.523'

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Side A In 1795, at the age of 23, Jeremiah Morrow came to the Northwest Territory from Pennsylvania. He purchased land along the Little Miami River in Deerfield Township and in 1799 married Mary Parkhill of Pennsylvania. Around 1800 he built this barn which is one of Warren County's oldest standing structures. In 1801, Morrow was sent to the Second Territorial Assembly and to the first Ohio Constitutional Convention in 1802. In 1803, he was elected the new state's first U. S. Congressman and was Ohio's only congressman for ten years. In 1813 the Ohio legislature elevated him to U.S. Senate. In 1822 he became Ohio's ninth governor. He went on to serve in both the Ohio House and Senate and at age 69 returned to Congress. An extraordinary man, Jeremiah Morrow gave his country 43 years of public service.

Side B Jeremiah Morrow built this barn with a room in front with a large stone fireplace and stairs leading to a loft. The back had stalls for horses and space for other livestock, which entered through rear doors. He built a house next to the barn and in 1815 built a mill across the road. Morrow's famous mill was razed in 1904 but the millrace is still there. Morrow worked to get the Little Miami Railroad built; the line was Cincinnati's first railroad. He served as its President without pay for over

ten years and its first locomotive was named Gov. Morrow. In 1845 Mary Parkhill Morrow died. The couple had eleven children but only one lived to old age. A man of great character, Jeremiah Morrow died at age 80 in 1852 and was buried in Union Cemetery.

Details

HM Number	HM29SR
Tags	, Politics, Railroads and Streetcars, Early Settlers
Year Placed	2014
Placed By	Friends of the Twenty Mile House The Ohio Historical Society
Marker Condition	No reports yet
Date Added	Thursday, July 26th, 2018 at 10:01am PDT -07:00

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UTM (WGS84 Datum)	16S E 736360 N 4354454
Decimal Degrees	39.30723333, -84.25871667
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 39° 18.434', W 84° 15.523'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	39° 18' 26.04" N, 84° 15' 31.38" W
Driving Directions	Google Maps
Area Code(s)	513
Which side of the road?	Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal Address	At or near 8753 Davis Rd, Maineville OH 45039, US
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